Saturday, April 5, 2014

Opening night

That cursive yellow B can only mean one thing:
The Marauders are back in Bradenton.
The high Single-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates opens its fifth season in a half four against the Charlotte Stone Crabs, aka the Baby Rays, after the teams split their first two games at Charlotte Sports Park.
A little twist this season: The Marauders will be on the visiting side of the field (third-base side) and will be utilizing the visiting teams' bullpen and dugout. Construction of the home clubhouse, perhaps? We'll see.
Here are the lineups:

STONE CRABS
Andrew Toles, cf
Tyler Goeddel, 3b
Leonardo Reginatto, ss
Kes Carter, rf
Justin O'Connor, c
Hector Guevara, 2b
Marty Gantt, lf
Josh Sale, dh
Jonathan Quinonez, 1b
Jeffrey Ames, p

MARAUDERS
Jeff Roy, cf
Jonathan Schwind, lf
Adam Frazier, ss
Josh Bell, rf
Jose Osuna, dh
Max Moroff, 2b
Jordan Steranka, 1b
Jacob Stallings, c
D.J. Crumlluch, 3b
John Kuchno, p